Live from Santiago, Chile

So far, this seems to sum up my travel adventure to Santiago, Chile (as well as the extent of my Spanish language skills). As many of you know, this is pretty much what I do: Fly to faraway places, talk to execs and IT Pros about information security. Lather, rinse, repeat. I'm in town this week to speak to meet some of the local Microsoft security people, talk to customers, and do some press interviews, and deliver the really fun session "Identifying Computer Attacks: Tips, Tricks, and Tools" to the local IT Pros in Santiago on March 13th. I wish I was staying to see some of the sites (aka snowboarding), but as the Bob Seger song goes "There I go, on the road again...here I am, up on the stage....."

I do love my job. I love seeing the "light bulb" come on when I explain to them that security isn't about expensive products and fancy consultants. I especially love seeing what it is you guys are doing. You're the ones who are reducing risk and changing the threat landscape. As I told some guys down in Houston last week, the problems we face as security pros is global. Wicked Rose and his gang from NCPH (great webcast BTW!) isn't just attacking one U.S. business. Data Leakage isn't just a concern in Berlin, and Bot infections aren't just happening in Santiago. I love hearing how you guys are beating back the Horde. We don't always tell you this....but you are doing a great job!